China participated in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan, from February 19 to 26. China competed in all five sports (eleven disciplines). The Chinese delegation consisted of 236 people (156 athletes and 79 officials).
Short track speed skater Wu Dajing was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.
Background One of the athletes' hotels was the APA Hotel in Sapporo. The founder and president of this hotel chain, Toshio Motoya, is a strong supporter of political and historical views aligned with those of Japan's right wing. For example, Motoya claimed that "Japanese aggression, the Nanking Massacre, and comfort women" were "fabricated stories" or "fictitious". His book is available in each of the guest rooms at the hotel. This created controversy, particularly in China, which caused the games organizers to ask the hotel to take appropriate actions and remove them from guest rooms. The Organizing Committee gained exclusive access over the hotel from February 12, and an organization committee official said, "we can decide what is removed and placed in the guest rooms so that we don’t place any items that offend athletes, from not only China, but also any other nation”. Eventually, both South Korea and China requested that their athletes stay at a different hotel, and the organizing committee obliged by changing their accommodations to the Sapporo Prince Hotel.
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Man Dandan Cross-country skiing Women's sprint 20 February Zang Ruxin Snowboarding Women's slalom 20 February Gao Tingyu Speed skating Men's 500 metres 20 February Wu Dajing Short track speed skating Men's 500 metres 21 February Zang Yize Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February Wu DajingHan TianyuRen ZiweiXu Hongzhi Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metres relay 22 February Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Figure skating Ice dance 24 February Liu RuiXu XiaomingBa DexinZang Jialiang Zou Qiang Curling Men's tournament 24 February Wang BingyuWang RuiLiu JinliZhou Yan Yang Ying Curling Women's tournament 24 February Zhang Yiwei Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 25 February Liu Jiayu Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 25 February Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Figure skating Pairs 25 February Zang Ruxin Snowboarding Women's giant slalom 19 February Sun Qinghai Cross-country skiing Men's sprint 20 February Wu Dajing Short track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 20 February Han Mei Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 22 February Fan KexinQu ChunyuZang YizeGuo Yihan Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metres relay 22 February Zhang Yan Biathlon Women's 7.5 km sprint 23 February Zhang Yan Biathlon Women's 10km Pursuit 24 February Chi Chunxue Li HongxueLi XinMan Dandan Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay 24 February Cai Xuetong Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 25 February Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Figure skating Pairs 25 February Li Zijun Figure skating Ladies singles 25 February Ice hockey Women's tournament 25 February Jin Boyang Figure skating Men's Singles 26 February Wang Wenqiang Biathlon Men's 15km Mass Start 26 February Gong Naiying Snowboarding Women's giant slalom 19 February Zhang Hong Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 20 February Guo Yihan Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres 20 February Zhang Hong Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 21 February Zhao XinLiu JingHan Mei Speed skating Women's team pursuit 21 February Li Hongxue Cross-country skiing Women's 5km classical 23 February Chen Hong / Zhao Yan Figure skating Ice dance 24 February Yan Han Figure skating Men's Singles 26 February Li Hongxue Cross-country skiing Women's 15km Free Mass Start 26 February
Competitors The following table lists the Chinese delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalAlpine skiing6511Biathlon459Cross-country skiing6511Curling5510Figure skating 6 612Freestyle skiing448Ice hockey23 2144Short track speed skating5510Ski jumping6 6Snowboarding8816Speed skating101020 Total 83 74 157
Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Curling
China had entered both men's and women's teams.
Men's tournament
Liu Rui – Skip Xu Xiaoming – Third Ba Dexin – Second Zang Jialiang – Lead Zou Qiang – Alternate
Round-robin China had a bye in draw 2
Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 9:00
Draw 3 Sunday, February 19, 9:00
Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 13:30
Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 9:00
Draw 6 Tuesday, February 21, 18:00
Semifinals Wednesday, February 22, 1:30
Gold medal match Friday, February 24, 1:30
Women's tournament
China's women's team consisted of five athletes.
Wang Bingyu – skip Rui Wang – third Liu Jinli – second Zhou Yan – lead Yang Ying – alternate
Round-robin China had a bye in draw 2
Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 13:30
Draw 3 Sunday, February 20, 9:00
Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 18:00
Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 13:30
Figure skating
China's figure skating team consisted of twelve athletes.
Singles AthleteEventTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJin BoyangMen's 92.86 1 187.22 2 280.08 Yan Han 91.56 3 180.30 3 271.86 Li ZijunLadies 58.65 4 116.95 3 175.60 Zhao Ziquan 58.90 3 79.67 10 138.57 7
Mixed Athlete(s)Event//TotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankYu Xiaoyu / Zhang HaoPairs 77.90 1 145.98 1 223.88 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang 67.24 2 129.82 2 197.06 Wang Shiyue / Liu XinyuIce dancing 66.02 1 98.26 1 164.28 Zhao Yan / Chen Hong 59.02 3 83.40 3 142.42
Freestyle skiing
Ice hockey
China had entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team competed in the top division.
Men's tournament
China was represented by the following 23 athletes:
Sun Zehao (G) Xia Shengrong (G) Hu Tianyu (D) Liang Wenbin (D) Liu Qing (D) Na Yungang (D) Yang Mingxi (D) Zhang Jiaqi (D) Zhu Ziyang (D) Chen Ling (F) Cui Xijun (F) Li Hang (F) Li Tianhao (F) Li Zhengyu (F) Liu Wei (F) Liu Yongshen (F) Wang Chongwei (F) Wang Chuxiong (F) Xia Tianxiang (F) Zhang Cheng (F) Zhang Hao (F) Zhang Wenqinghuai (F) Zhang Zesen (F)
Legend G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward
Women's tournament
China was represented by the following 21 athletes:
He Siye (G) Wang Yuqing (G) Jiang Yue (G) Deng Di (D) Ju Jingwen (D) Liu Zhixin (D) Yu Baiwei (D) Zhao Qinan (D) Fang Xin (F) Guan Yingying (F) He Xin (F) Jiang Bowen (F) Kong Minghui (F) Lu Shuang (F) Lyu Yue (F) Tian Naiyuan (F) Wang Chang (F) Wen Lu (F) Zhang Chi (F) Zhang Mengying (F) Zhu Rui (F)
Legend G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward
Short track speed skating
Ski jumping
Snowboarding
Alpine Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBi YeGiant slalom 53.335 45.10 6 1:38.43 6Slalom 40.482 39.08 12 1:19.566Sun HuanGiant slalom 54.52 9 46.17 10 1:40.69 9Slalom 43.84 11 36.80 7 1:20.64 8Wu PengtaoGiant slalom Slalom 43.65 10 38.42 10 1:22.0710Zhang XuanGiant slalom 53.64 7 45.12 7 1:38.76 7Slalom 42.39 7 36.14 3 1:18.535
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGong NaiyingGiant slalom 56.39 3 49.42 4 1:45.81Slalom 45.44 3 43.94 8 1:29.38 6Niu JiaqiGiant slalom Slalom 47.07 7 41.04 5 1:28.115Xu XiaoxiaoGiant slalom 1:03.57749.31 31:52.886Slalom 45.19 2 47.10 12 1:32.29 7Zang RuxinGiant slalom 55.95249.75 61:45.70Slalom 43.50 1 40.12 2 1:23.62
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankHuang ShiyingMen's halfpipe38.7539.5039.50854.2557.7557.757Xu Dechao40.0038.7540.00752.005.7552.008Zhang Yiwei81.5015.2581.50390.5093.5093.50Cai XuetongWomen's halfpipe65.50 26.0065.50777.5078.5078.50Li Shuang59.006.2559.00864.2567.2567.255Liu Jiayu18.7589.2589.25193.0068.2593.00Qiu Leng12.0068.2568.25630.5062.5062.506
Speed skating
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